61.   ISO officials credited an influx of power from Oregon and Washington state with fending off outages Thursday.

62.   Law enforcement officials credit the law with a sharp drop in kidnappings, long a plague in Italy.

63.   Officials credit the effort with eliminating unnecessary paperwork and allowing workers to get bargains by buying quickly.

64.   Officials credited government and private education and job training campaigns for reducing the number of women entering the sex trade.

65.   Officials credited long hours of high-profile policing in reducing the number of fatal accidents.

66.   On Wednesday, ISO officials credited intervention by Energy Secretary Bill Richardson with fending off outages.

67.   Public safety officials credit a new system for training teen drivers with helping cut down on accidents.

68.   The U.S. official credited Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with wanting to preserve the understandings the two sides have reached.

69.   They failed to meet the deadline, but NATO officials credited all sides with honestly doing their best to comply.

70.   They failed to meet the deadline, but NATO officials credited all sides with doing their best to comply.